From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dan Davison Subject: Re: Overlays and elisp code Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:47:46 +0000 Message-ID: References: <1ACC8521-CBC4-4AD6-8B92-8C20C4D72732@gmail.com> <190ACAEA-E49A-434C-BC14-549FFCB3E0AA@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=58766 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PkEiA-0000L4-NN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 06:47:57 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PkEi8-0000N8-SM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 06:47:54 -0500 Received: from mail-wy0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:61139) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PkEi8-0000Mp-O6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 06:47:52 -0500 Received: by wyj26 with SMTP id 26so7035474wyj.0 for ; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 03:47:51 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <190ACAEA-E49A-434C-BC14-549FFCB3E0AA@gmail.com> (Carsten Dominik's message of "Tue, 1 Feb 2011 12:30:28 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carsten Dominik Cc: Jeff Horn , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Andrea Crotti Carsten Dominik writes: > On Feb 1, 2011, at 12:22 PM, Dan Davison wrote: > >> Carsten Dominik writes: >> >>> Hi Dan, >>> >>> maybe just header in the default value to keep the echo area open for >>> error messages? >> >> Absolutely. But if you prefer, we could just do away with the echo- >> area >> message entirely. That would have the advantage of leaving the user >> interface unchanged. >> >> With the default as '(header), my UI change only makes sense if we >> believe that an appreciable number of users will disable the header >> message and activate the echo-area message in its place. > > There are people who hate the header line IIRC. But I guess you are > right - once people are ready to remove the header line for this > application, they will probably have memorized it. > > I remember that I started with the echo area and introduced the header > line because people were asking how to get out of there, so I needed > something more persistent. > > So I guess if the header line is the default, I'd be fine with > removing the echo area message altogether. I have done that, and removed my other patch from patchwork. Dan > > - Carsten > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode